The county was named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Augusta_of_Saxe-Gotha Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Alternburg] (1719-1772), who through marriage to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales Frederick, Prince of Wales]&nbsp;(1707-1751), became the Princess of Wales in 1736.

The county was named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Augusta_of_Saxe-Gotha Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Alternburg] (1719-1772), who through marriage to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales Frederick, Prince of Wales]&nbsp;(1707-1751), became the Princess of Wales in 1736.

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Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia].

Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia].

*Crumrine, Boyd and Washington County Historical Society, Washington, Pa. ''The County Court for the District of West Augusta, Virginia: Held at Augusta Town, Near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1776-1777''. Printed by the Observer Job Rooms, for the Washington County Historical Society, 1905. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Cp0MAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view).

*Crumrine, Boyd and Washington County Historical Society, Washington, Pa. ''The County Court for the District of West Augusta, Virginia: Held at Augusta Town, Near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1776-1777''. Printed by the Observer Job Rooms, for the Washington County Historical Society, 1905. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Cp0MAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view).

*Crumrine, Boyd and Inez Raney Waldenmaier. ''Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia, 1775-1780''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974. Available at {{FHL|234325|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 974.88 P2c}}.

*Crumrine, Boyd and Inez Raney Waldenmaier. ''Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia, 1775-1780''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974. Available at {{FHL|234325|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 974.88 P2c}}.

More than 700 genealogies have been published about Augusta County families. To view a list, visit [[Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy|Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy]].

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More than 850 genealogies have been published about Augusta County families. To view a list, visit [[Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy|Augusta County, Virginia Genealogy]].

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An early settlers map is available for Beverley Manor in Augusta County. The cartographer plots the locations of pioneers. The Family History Library has a copy: {{FHL|557845|item|disp=FHL Map 975.5916 E7h}}. An alphabetical listing is available: {{FHL|1034430|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5916 E7h supp. 1}}. For another version, see: {{FHL|563713|item|disp=FHL Map 975.5 E7hjr}}.

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An early settlers map is available for Beverley Manor in Augusta County. The cartographer plots the locations of pioneers' land tracts. The Family History Library has a copy: {{FHL|557845|item|disp=FHL Map 975.5916 E7h}}. An alphabetical listing is available: {{FHL|1034430|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5916 E7h supp. 1}}. For another version, see: {{FHL|563713|item|disp=FHL Map 975.5 E7hjr}}.

An early settlers map showing the purchasers of the 92,100 acre grant to Benjamin Borden on the west side of the Blue Ridge Mountains (1739) is available. The Family History Library has a copy: {{FHL|563742|item|disp=FHL Map 975.5 E7hi}}.

An early settlers map showing the purchasers of the 92,100 acre grant to Benjamin Borden on the west side of the Blue Ridge Mountains (1739) is available. The Family History Library has a copy: {{FHL|563742|item|disp=FHL Map 975.5 E7hi}}.

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*Aull, Edward. ''Early History of Staunton and Beverley Manor in Augusta County, Virginia''. Birmingham:&nbsp;Aull, 1963. Available at {{FHL|63701|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 A1 no. 40}}.

*Aull, Edward. ''Early History of Staunton and Beverley Manor in Augusta County, Virginia''. Birmingham:&nbsp;Aull, 1963. Available at {{FHL|63701|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 A1 no. 40}}.

*Creigh, Alfred. ''History of Washington County from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, First Under Virginia as Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County Until 1781, and Subsequently Under Pennsylvania; With Sketch of all the Townships, Boroughs, and Villages, Etc.; and to Which is Added a Full Account of the Celebrated Mason and Dixon's Line, the Whiskey Insurrection, Indian Warfare, Traditional and Local Historical Events''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly, 1871. Available at {{FHL|213231|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 974.882 H2ch}} and {{FHL|213231|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 924904 Item 2}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=qEsVAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view).

*Creigh, Alfred. ''History of Washington County from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, First Under Virginia as Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County Until 1781, and Subsequently Under Pennsylvania; With Sketch of all the Townships, Boroughs, and Villages, Etc.; and to Which is Added a Full Account of the Celebrated Mason and Dixon's Line, the Whiskey Insurrection, Indian Warfare, Traditional and Local Historical Events''. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly, 1871. Available at {{FHL|213231|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 974.882 H2ch}} and {{FHL|213231|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 924904 Item 2}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=qEsVAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view).

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*Dunlap, Boutwell. ''Augusta County, Virginia in the History of the United States''. Frankfort, Kentucky: The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1918. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=UyQTAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view).

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*Dunlap, Boutwell. ''Augusta County, Virginia in the History of the United States''. Frankfort, Kentucky: The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1918. Digital versions at {{FSbook|926932}} - free; [http://books.google.com/books?id=UyQTAAAAYAAJ Google Books] - free.

*Hotchkiss, Jedediah. ''The City of Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, and the Surrounding Country: Their Condition, Resources and Advantages, and the Inducements They Offer to Those Seeking Homes or Places for Business, Investments, etc. ''Staunton, Va.: D.E. Strasburg, 1878. Available at {{FHL|633678|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015433}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10555 Ancestry] ($).

*Hotchkiss, Jedediah. ''The City of Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, and the Surrounding Country: Their Condition, Resources and Advantages, and the Inducements They Offer to Those Seeking Homes or Places for Business, Investments, etc. ''Staunton, Va.: D.E. Strasburg, 1878. Available at {{FHL|633678|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015433}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10555 Ancestry] ($).

*Crozier, William Armstrong. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at {{FHL|72797|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2c}}; digital book at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4596&o_xid=8910&o_lid=8910 Ancestry] ($). [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]

*Crozier, William Armstrong. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at {{FHL|72797|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2c}}; digital book at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4596&o_xid=8910&o_lid=8910 Ancestry] ($). [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]

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*''Augusta County, Virginia Indian Wars 1754-1764''. Reprint, Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. '''Free online surname index''' and purchase details at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0706w.html Mountain Press] website. ["Lyman Draper, one of the countries earliest historians recorded the names of those either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy in Augusta County. At this time, Augusta County covered a great deal of the upper part of the eastern United States with over seven states being taken from it in total or in part. These listings included those on the Monongalia, Holston, New, Greenbrier Rivers, Reed Creek, South Branch, Fort Vause, Jackson’s River and many other areas of the east."]

*''Augusta County, Virginia Indian Wars 1754-1764''. Reprint, Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. '''Free online surname index''' and purchase details at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0706w.html Mountain Press] website. ["Lyman Draper, one of the countries earliest historians recorded the names of those either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy in Augusta County. At this time, Augusta County covered a great deal of the upper part of the eastern United States with over seven states being taken from it in total or in part. These listings included those on the Monongalia, Holston, New, Greenbrier Rivers, Reed Creek, South Branch, Fort Vause, Jackson’s River and many other areas of the east."]

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*King, Fannie Bayly. ''Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date''. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at {{FHL|301845|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10553 Ancestry] ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]

*King, Fannie Bayly. ''Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date''. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at {{FHL|301845|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10553 Ancestry] ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]

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*''Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775: Also Known as Dunmore's War: Enlarged and Photocopied''. <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1265390691156_386" />Fort Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 2004. Available at {{FHL|1151374|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Large Q Book 975.5 M2au}}.

*''Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775: Also Known as Dunmore's War: Enlarged and Photocopied''. <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1265390691156_386" />Fort Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 2004. Available at {{FHL|1151374|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Large Q Book 975.5 M2au}}.

'''''Regiments.''''' Service men in Augusta County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Augusta County supplied soldiers for the:

'''''Regiments.''''' Service men in Augusta County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Augusta County supplied soldiers for the:

Augusta County men served in the 32nd and 93rd Regiments.<ref>Stuart Lee Butler, ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 48. {{FHL|669440|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2bs}}.</ref>

Augusta County men served in the 32nd and 93rd Regiments.<ref>Stuart Lee Butler, ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 48. {{FHL|669440|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2bs}}.</ref>

Indexed images of the [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm Virginia Gazette ](1736-1780) are available online through the [http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/ Colonial Williamsburg ]website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia]. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Indexed images of the [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm Virginia Gazette ](1736-1780) are available online through the [http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/ Colonial Williamsburg ]website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: [http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ The Geography of Slavery in Virginia]. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

*Chalkley, Lyman. ''Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia''. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital version of all three volumes and comprehensive index at [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/ RootsWeb]; digital version of Volume 1 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=VzUPAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view). [Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds.]

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*Chalkley, Lyman. ''Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia''. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital version of all three volumes and comprehensive index at [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/ RootsWeb]; digital version of Volume 1 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=VzUPAAAAYAAJ Google Books]. [Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds.]

*Rudolph, Frances Lee Wilson. ''Copies of Wills of Early Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia''. MSS., 1950, deposited at the Daughters of the American Revolution National Library in Washington, D.C., copy available at {{FHL|334953|title-id|disp=FHL}}.

*Rudolph, Frances Lee Wilson. ''Copies of Wills of Early Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia''. MSS., 1950, deposited at the Daughters of the American Revolution National Library in Washington, D.C., copy available at {{FHL|334953|title-id|disp=FHL}}.

*'''1749-1773, 1785-1793''' - Crozier, William Armstrong. ''Early Virginia Marriages.'' Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1953. Digital version at {{FSbook|113561}} - free. Includes marriages performed by Rev. John Brown 1785-1793 and Augusta County marriages 1749-1773.

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*'''1749-1799''' - [http://usgwarchives.net/va/augusta.htm Augusta County, VAGenWeb] includes abstracts of marriage book 1, marriages 1700-1799, and marriages from Chalkley's ''Chronicles''.

*'''1749-1799''' - Chalkley, Lyman. ''Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia''. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Available at {{FHL|135767|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 F2c 1980}}; digital versions of all three volumes and comprehensive index at [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/ RootsWeb]; digital version of Volume 1 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=VzUPAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view). [Some early marriages (groom only list) 1748-1788 are found in Volume 2; these records were copied from a clerk's record book that was lost some time after the author transcribed the list in 1912.&nbsp; The original list was the clerk's record of marriage license payments and the date of the payment.]

*'''1749-1799''' - Chalkley, Lyman. ''Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia''. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Available at {{FHL|135767|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 F2c 1980}}; digital versions of all three volumes and comprehensive index at [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/ RootsWeb]; digital version of Volume 1 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=VzUPAAAAYAAJ Google Books] (full-view). [Some early marriages (groom only list) 1748-1788 are found in Volume 2; these records were copied from a clerk's record book that was lost some time after the author transcribed the list in 1912.&nbsp; The original list was the clerk's record of marriage license payments and the date of the payment.]

Augusta County Virginia Courthouse

Clerk Circuit Court has birth and death records 1853-1896marriage records from 1785, probate and land records from 1745,property tax records 1800-1851, land tax records from 1786 and court claims 1782-1785[1]

Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in the Virginia Gazette and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia.

[Fulton] Cramer, Rose Fulton. "The John Fulton Bible, Augusta County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1979):15-18. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 B2vg. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).

[Givens] Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes transcript of the bible of Robert Givens, of Lincoln county, Ky., 1759-1802, and his declaration of services rendered." See pp. 223-226.]

Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Birth and Death Records from the Tombstones of the Old Stone Church Graveyard in Augusta Co., Virginia," see pp. 289-291.]

King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]

Church Records

King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes a list of dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]

Baptist

The 10,000 name petition (dated 16 October 1776) has been digitized at the Library of Congress website. It was signed by people from all over Virginia who wanted an end to persecution of Baptists by the Established Church. Baptists and Baptist sympathizers alike signed the petition. To find your ancestor in this record, first check Hall's transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39), which is available online at Ancestry ($). It is also available in book form at the Family History Library: FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 35-39. Then proceed to the Library of Congress website to see the original images.

Court

County Court

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital versions of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [Volume 1 includes abstracts of Court Order Books 1-24 (1745-1799) and Court Judgments, which continues in Volume 2.]

Pennsylvania Courts

Crumrine, Boyd and Washington County Historical Society, Washington, Pa. The County Court for the District of West Augusta, Virginia: Held at Augusta Town, Near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1776-1777. Printed by the Observer Job Rooms, for the Washington County Historical Society, 1905. Digital version at Google Books (full-view).

Crumrine, Boyd and Inez Raney Waldenmaier. Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia, 1775-1780. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 974.88 P2c.

Genealogy

Immigration

King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]

Ljungstedt, Milnor. "Items from Southern Records" [Showing Family and Trade Connections with Northern Colonies and the Home Countries], The American Genealogist, Vol. 15 (1938):95-104. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 973 D25aga.

An early settlers map showing the purchasers of the 92,100 acre grant to Benjamin Borden on the west side of the Blue Ridge Mountains (1739) is available. The Family History Library has a copy: FHL Map 975.5 E7hi.

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital version of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [Volume 3 includes abstracts of Deed Books 1-27.]

Creigh, Alfred. History of Washington County from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, First Under Virginia as Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County Until 1781, and Subsequently Under Pennsylvania; With Sketch of all the Townships, Boroughs, and Villages, Etc.; and to Which is Added a Full Account of the Celebrated Mason and Dixon's Line, the Whiskey Insurrection, Indian Warfare, Traditional and Local Historical Events. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly, 1871. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 974.882 H2ch and FHL US/CAN 924904 Item 2; digital version at Google Books (full-view).

Dunlap, Boutwell. Augusta County, Virginia in the History of the United States. Frankfort, Kentucky: The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1918. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online - free; Google Books - free.

Hotchkiss, Jedediah. The City of Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, and the Surrounding Country: Their Condition, Resources and Advantages, and the Inducements They Offer to Those Seeking Homes or Places for Business, Investments, etc. Staunton, Va.: D.E. Strasburg, 1878. Available at FHL US/CAN Fiche 6015433; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps

Hale, John S. Early Settlement in Beverley Manor, Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, Virginia: Old Dominion Map Co., Creative Cartographers, [198-]. Available at FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5916 E7h. [The map shows the boundaries of each holding, the name of the grantee, and the date of purchase.]

Hildebrand, John R. An Historical Map of Augusta County, Virginia 1732-1872: Compiled from Old Maps, Historical Records and Traditions. J.R. Hildebrand, 1933. Available at FHL US/CAN Map Case 975.5916 E7hi.

Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]

Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 M2c; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]

French and Indian War

Augusta County, Virginia Indian Wars 1754-1764. Reprint, Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2007. Free online surname index and purchase details at Mountain Press website. ["Lyman Draper, one of the countries earliest historians recorded the names of those either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy in Augusta County. At this time, Augusta County covered a great deal of the upper part of the eastern United States with over seven states being taken from it in total or in part. These listings included those on the Monongalia, Holston, New, Greenbrier Rivers, Reed Creek, South Branch, Fort Vause, Jackson’s River and many other areas of the east."]

Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Augusta County, see pp. 30-58, 104-107.]

Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]

Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954. Available at FHL US/CAN Book and US/CAN Fiche 6048997; digital book at Ancestry ($). [Identifies some Augusta County militia officers and soldiers; see place name index.]

King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 850091 Item 7; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]

Dunmore's War

Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775: Also Known as Dunmore's War: Enlarged and Photocopied. Fort Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 2004. Available at FHL US/CAN Large Q Book 975.5 M2au.

Writing in 1889, local historian Waddell wrote "It is impossible to obtain any list or particular account of troops furnished by Augusta county during the Revolutionary war, and the names of only a few comparatively of the soldiers have escaped oblivion."[6] Has this conclusion held true or been disproven?

Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington: n.p., 1903. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 H2bw 1965; digital version at Google Books. [Includes a chapter titled "List of Militiamen in Captain John Given's Company, Augusta County, Virginia, from October 16, 1777, to March 15, 1782, inclusive, with transcript of the bible of Robert Givens, of Lincoln county, Ky., 1759-1802, and his declaration of services rendered." See pp. 223-226.]

Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]

King, Fannie Bayly. Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County Soldiers Located to Date. Staunton, Va.: unknown, 1935. Available at FHL US/CAN 850091 Item 7; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Also includes immigrants 1739-1740, some French and Indian War soldiers, and some dissenting preachers (ca. 1750-1840).]

A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Bookset. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Augusta County on page 133.]

War of 1812

List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Virginia, Augusta County, pp. 62-63.]

Civil War

Regiments. Service men in Augusta County, Virginia served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Augusta County, Virginia:

An interesting study, called the Valley of the Shadow Project, has collected military and private papers detailing the experience of the Civil War in Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia.

Cleek, George Washington. Early Western Augusta Pioneers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes section on "Soldiers of the Various Early Wars."]

Civil War Battles

Native Americans

Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pennsylvania). Genealogical Manuscripts Up to 1968. MSS., microfilmed in 1968, available at FHL 104 Rolls. [Includes: Copy of the deed from the six united nations of Indians to the American colonies, as recorded in deed book 22 in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of Augusta County, Virginia, in the courthouse at Staunton, Va.]

Newspapers

Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburg website. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Occupations

Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 U23c. [Includes sections on Staunton and Waynesboro silversmiths.]

Petitions

Eckenrode, H.J. Virginia State Library: A Calendar of Legislative Petitions Arranged by Counties Accomac - Bedford. Richmond, Va.: Davis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing, 1908. Digital version at Google Books (full-view). [Augusta County petitions (1776-1864) are described on pp. 135-185.]

Probate Records

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Digital version of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books. [Volume 3 includes abstracts of Will Books 1-12; Volume 2 includes abstracts of administrator's bonds and guardian's bonds.]

Rudolph, Frances Lee Wilson. Copies of Wills of Early Settlers in Augusta County, Virginia. MSS., 1950, deposited at the Daughters of the American Revolution National Library in Washington, D.C., copy available at FHL.

Digital Images of Augusta County Wills 1745-1753. See names of Testators. Virginia Pioneers

[1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. FHL 975.5 R4sn. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Augusta County is included in Vol. 1.]

Marriage

1749-1773, 1785-1793 - Crozier, William Armstrong. Early Virginia Marriages. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1953. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Includes marriages performed by Rev. John Brown 1785-1793 and Augusta County marriages 1749-1773.

1749-1799 - Augusta County, VAGenWeb includes abstracts of marriage book 1, marriages 1700-1799, and marriages from Chalkley's Chronicles.

1749-1799 - Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Va.: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Available at FHL US/CAN Book 975.5916 F2c 1980; digital versions of all three volumes and comprehensive index at RootsWeb; digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books (full-view). [Some early marriages (groom only list) 1748-1788 are found in Volume 2; these records were copied from a clerk's record book that was lost some time after the author transcribed the list in 1912. The original list was the clerk's record of marriage license payments and the date of the payment.]

Death

Vital Record Substitutes

The Virginia Historical Society's Marriage and Obituary Index, 1736-1820 (newspaper abstracts) is available for free online. Images of the original index cards are browseable, arranged alphabetically by surname.